License by Endorsement

The Board may issue a license by endorsement to a practitioner
who is duly licensed, certified, or registered as a massage and
bodywork therapist under the laws of another jurisdiction, if
all documents listed below are submitted and requirements are met:

A completed
License Application (Form 01)
signed and notarized

License fee and State Bureau of Investigation criminal history
records check fee

Executed
Fingerprint Card with signed Consent Form for criminal history
records check

Photograph

Documentation of high school education or equivalent

Documentation of age

You must provide documentation that you currently hold a valid
license, certificate, or registration as a massage and bodywork
therapist in another state or jurisdiction and that your license
is in good standing, with no disciplinary proceeding or
unresolved complaint pending.
A copy of your current license, certificate, or registration as
a massage and bodywork therapist in another state or
jurisdiction and a Verification of Licensure (Form 06) is
required.

You must provide documentation that the state or jurisdiction's
requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a
massage and bodywork therapist are substantially equivalent to
or exceed the requirements for licensure under this Article.

You must provide four (4) Statements of Moral Character and
Professional Competence (3-Form 07 and 1-Form 07a).

Documentation of proficiency in the English language.
If there is a question whether you have a proficiency in
English, you shall take the “English as a Second Language”
course and submit the test scores with your Application.
The Board may request, on a case-by-case basis, that you
come to the Board office for an interview with the License
Standards Committee.

Proof of Citizenship. If you are NOT a U.S. citizen, you
must provide a copy of your green card or visa to document your
eligibility for employment in the United States. Please
note any documents submitted to the Board in any language other
than English must be accompanied by a certified translation.

The Board may issue a
license by endorsement to apractitioner from another state that does not license,
certify, or register massage and bodywork therapist if all of
the following qualifications are met :

A completed
License Application (Form 01)
signed and notarized

License fee and State Bureau of Investigation criminal history
records check fee

Executed
Fingerprint Card with signed Consent Form for criminal history
records check

Photograph

Documentation of high school education or equivalent

Documentation of age

Documentation of Competency Assessment Examination

You must submit
a copy of your official score report from one of
the following exams:
(a) NCETMB, (b) NCETM, (c) NCETMB –
NESL option, (d) NCETM – NESL option (e) ABTE or (f) MBLEx

If you have taken the exam (NCETMB, NCETM, ABTE or MBLEx) recently
and have not
received your official score report from the NCBTMB,
NCCAOM, or FSMTB, you may request an
“Official
Score Report”
from the appropriate testing service to be sent directly to the Board.
Please note the testing service charges a fee for this procedure.

Contact information for Exam Agencies:

Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
(1-800-703-7682)

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork (1800-296-0664)

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine (1-904-598-1005)

You must provide documentation of graduation from a massage and
bodywork therapy school that offers a curriculum that meets or
is equivalent to the standards set forth in the Board’s criteria
for school approval and is licensed or approved by the
regulatory authority for schools of massage and bodywork therapy
in the state, province, territory, or country in which it
operates or is exempt by law. The required documents are:

Official sealed transcript
from your massage therapy school

Copy of the massage school's license to
operate

Copy of your massage school's catalog

Copy of your massage school's program
curriculum, indicating course descriptions and the number of
classroom hours of supervised instruction for each course of
the massage therapy program you attended.

Affidavit of Professional Training (Form 05) for graduates of
schools no longer in existence.

Affidavit of Good Standing (Form 08)

An applicant must submit four (4) Statements of Moral
Character and Professional Competence forms (3-Form 07 and
1-Form 07a).

If you cannot meet the requirements of an official massage
school transcript, school's license to operate, school catalog,
school program curriculum and the documentation of a competency
assessment examination listed in the requirements for licensure
by endorsement B, the applicant may provide other credentials,
to be reviewed by the Board on a case-by-case basis that is
deemed by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the
requirements.

Documentation of proficiency in the English language.
If there is a question whether you have a proficiency in
English, you shall take the “English as a Second Language”
course and submit the test scores with your Application.
The Board may request, on a case-by-case basis, that you
come to the Board office for an interview with the License
Standards Committee.

Proof of Citizenship. If you are NOT a U.S. citizen, you
must provide a copy of your green card or visa to document your
eligibility for employment in the United States. Please
note any documents submitted to the Board in any language other
than English must be accompanied by a certified translation.

(The Board reserves the right to request additional information or
documents if necessary)